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WorksheetsMutualism in Action
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following symbiotic relationships is considered parasitic?
a)
Ticks feeding on a dog
b)
Bees transporting pollen from flowers
c)
Pilotfish swimming under sharks
d)
Birds eating the insects fromo the back of hippo
2.
Which of these describes a mutually beneficial relationship between two organisms?
a)
A dog with worms in its intestine
b)
A turtle and a snail that both eat grass live in a river
c)
A honeybee pollinating a plant and receiving nectar for food
d)
A small fish attached to a shark, eating tiny pieces of the shark's food as it floats
3.
An organism that kills and eats another for food
a)
Predator
b)
Prey
c)
Parasite
d)
Plant
4.
Occurs when 2 or more organism use the same resource
a)
Competition
b)
Mutualism
c)
Commensalism
d)
Parasitism
5.
Relationship where both organism benefit
a)
Competition
b)
Commensalism
c)
Mutualism
d)
Parasitism
6.
A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
c)
commensalism
d)
competition
7.
Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree to the tree's detriment (harm).
a)
Mutualsim
b)
Parasitism
c)
Commensalism
8.
Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. The whale is unaffected.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
predation
d)
laziness
9.
Wrasse fish feed on the parasites found on the black sea bass's body.
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Predation
d)
Competition
10.
What type of symbiosis? Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers. The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitism
d)
predation
11.
A frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are demonstrating ________.
a)
mutualism
b)
competition
c)
predator/prey
d)
parasitism
12.
Relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped
a)
Commensalism
b)
Parasitism
c)
Mutualism
d)
Competition
13.
A relationship that describe a close interaction between two different species is known as what?
a)
Biodiversity
b)
Symbiosis
c)
Predation
d)
Emigration
14.
A mosquito feeds off of the blood of different organisms. This usually causes discomfort to the organism and sometimes disease and death. This is an example of:
a)
Parasitism
b)
Decomposition
c)
Commensalism
d)
Mutualism
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